On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 08:56:04AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> 
> >> - what could be causing this?  Why would the NVIDIA drivers work one
> >> moment and not the next?  Since I used YAST to install instead of
> >> doing it manually via the terminal, it seems I shouldn't need to
> >> reinstall the NVIDIA drivers every time I update the kernel, which
> >> otherwise would have sounded like a possible cause.
> >
> >You *probably* did a kernel update which also requires a reinstall of
> >the nVidia drivers.
> 
> Everytime you update the Mesa package, it's time to repump the NVIDIA 
> one.

This is only true, when you use the installer. If you do use the RPMs,
it's not.

Stefan

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